I've never seen car models balloon out as much as Subaru has this decade.

I'm impressed that Chinese bus drivers can see those logos through the smog, especially in a rear-end collision. Nice badge education. "Most expensive, top left, is SCC which according to the poster sells for 50 million yuan in China, or 7.9 million USD"

Interesting, because the CHAdeMO organization promoting the fast 30-minute DC charging in the Leaf (and Mitsubishi i-MiEV) says "The number of CHAdeMO DC Quick charger installed up to today is 1071. — (Japan 848 Europe 191 Other 32)." Maybe the writer or Nissan is referring to lack of charging stations for apartment…

I love Evel, but a typical adult human skeleton consists of 206 bones! He broke 45% of his skeleton in one accident?

The 2015 Acura NSX supposedly has true torque vectoring. "Two more electric motors will spin the front wheels, providing torque-vectoring under acceleration and braking to help the NSX turn into corners better under all conditions." (Motor Trend)

At 7 min: "It's this new age. We're going to be running around 25 km on electric power only, but then you've got to experience a 770 horsepower, combined horsepower from the three power sources."

Sounds like yes. From the nice Evo video @StupidFlanders posted here, around @5:45 :

You're not taking the federal mortgage interest deduction? Good for you, cash is king!

First sentence: agreed. It's an appliance. Newsflash: most people aren't Jalopniks.

"Hybrid-related components for hybrid vehicles are covered for 8 years/100,000 miles. The HV battery may have longer coverage under emissions warranty." ... under the California emissions regulations the battery and certain parts of the emissions system are covered for 10 years/150,000 miles. Batteries seem to be…

Agreed, but China is no longer a communist state. The Chinese Communist Party is a massive organization with some grass-roots democracy and internal meritocracy, and it runs a "market socialist" state with a mixture of state-owned enterprises and an open-market economy, using an iron fist. I'm no expert, but read [en.w…

Really?! You have to ask such stupid questions and lie? People ride bikes as a means of transportation, and paved roads were built for transportation. Bicycles are road legal, end of story. (And in my city illegal to ride on the sidewalk if you are over the age of 13.) Don't tell me to get off the road, asshole.

Mazda 3: 33 mpg combined - 28 city - 40 highway

In the real world Volt owners go hundreds or thousands of miles on cheap domestic electricity without filling up the gas tank, see [www.voltstats.net] . That's of value to some people for a variety of reasons, despite the car's high price.

economic growth ... comes from births and immigration and we aren't having children like we used to.

Fortunately for GM there are environmentalists who think for themselves:

You're probably right about battery packs and mpgs, but

How did 20,000+ Leaf and i-MiEV drivers become "no one"? Every morning you get in a car that you cheaply and overall-less-bad-for-the-environment recharged overnight, and you do your daily driving without stopping at a gas station. Sounds convenient to me. There are plenty of options for longer trips, including the…

(The French loanword you seek is cachet.)

No new car makes sense from an economic perspective, although putting the smallest engine and smallest wheels and tires on your chosen car saves $$ and gas. Buying a new car is throwing money away.